The 2025 men’s NCAA tournament is underway, and Thursday saw some great games that will set up even better matchups in the round of 32. There’s only been one big upset so far: No. 12 seed McNeese knocked off No.

Fewer than a million perfect brackets remained on ESPN and just over a million were left on the NCAA’s platform midway through the first day of the NCAA Tournament.

Millions of Americans have been scrambling to finalize their men’s and women’s college basketball brackets ahead of the tip-offs of a weeks-long sporting spectacle that will see people wager billions of dollars.